Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes recently sat down to talk about Ellen‘s character Meredith in the upcoming tenth season.

“Meredith isn’t going to take a step back from her career. She is going to figure out what it means to either be expected to or have people assume that she’s going to take a step back or have that choice in front of her. We’re going to watch Meredith have her own evolution. I call this Meredith’s “lean-in” season. She’s going to discover whether or not that’s who she is. We’re going to watch her have her own evolution, which is going to be interesting,” Shonda shared to THR.